This past week we had to take Caden in for a colonoscopy. Starting back in January we was bleeding when he used the restroom. We took him to the "on call"  dr and she told us that since he was not in pain it was nothing to worry about. Well it kept getting worse so I took him to his dr, not just the "on-call" dr and he referred us to a specialist. I called to make an appt and they were a month out, so I had my dr call and he got us in right away. The specialist came up with a couple different things that could have been causing the bleeding. The 2 major things he thought it could be were either a polyp in his colon or ulcerative colitis. We were hoping it wasn't ulcerative colitits which can cause colon cancer or eventually you would have to have your colon removed and be on medicine everyday for the rest of his life. We were hoping it was a polyp. There is a rare chance the a polyp could be cancerous though, so we were worried about that too. So we scheduled a colonoscopy to be done right away to see what was going on. The day before we had to do a colon clean out, which i was terrified for. How do you tell a 3 year old that he can't eat all day long and that he would be pooping on the toilet all day long? I stalked up on popsicles and jello and juice. We camped out right next the the bathroom all day and watched movies and played games. It actually wasn't that bad. We had a couple tantrums because he wanted to eat, but all-in-all he was a trooper. The next day we got up and headed to the hospital. This kid is amazing. He was in good spirits, he didn't even flinch when they gave him the IV in his arm. So they put him under and did the procedure. We were so lucky to have the #1 pediatric gastroenterologist  in Utah. He did a great job! When he was all done and came and showed us a large polyp that he removed!!! That is what we were hoping it would be. Usually they are a 1 time deal and they don't come back. He said that it looked great and he has never seen one that is malignant (it is really rare). So we are feeling so good about that!! Our little buddy woke up and we gave him an Angry Birds balloon and he was good to go! He was a little nauseous when he really came too, but after a few hours he was back to himself! We are so grateful for the amazing dr and staff, and for all our friends and families prayers and love sent our way!